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CLARY SAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("clary sage" is a kind of...):

sage (aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc)

Holonyms ("clary sage" is a part of...):

clary sage; Salvia clarea (stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery

Synonyms:

clary sage; Salvia clarea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("clary sage" is a kind of...):

sage; salvia (any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb)

Meronyms (parts of "clary sage"):

clary sage (fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb)

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